The Longest Shutout Streak in Modern NHL History

Published on June 8th, 2025 4:12 pm EST
Written By: Dave Manuel


You want consistency? You want a hot hand? You want a brick wall?

Look no further than Brian Boucher, who in the 2003-04 season put together one of the most ridiculous goalie streaks in NHL history.

Five consecutive shutouts.

That's not a typo. Boucher went 332 minutes and 1 second without allowing a single goal. It remains the modern NHL record.

The streak began on December 31, 2003, against the Kings. Boucher blanked them. Then came the Stars. Then the Hurricanes. Then the Wild. Then the Capitals. All zeroes. Five games, five wins, five shutouts.

It wasn't until January 11, 2004, that the run ended - thanks to Milan Hejduk of the Colorado Avalanche, who finally beat him in the second period.

Let's put this in context.

This wasn't Patrick Roy. This wasn't Dominik Hasek. This was Boucher - an average NHL goalie on a struggling Phoenix Coyotes team. He entered that season as a backup. He finished that January as a name etched in the NHL record books.

The previous record in the modern era? Bill Durnan's four straight shutouts back in 1949. Boucher passed him. And despite two decades of elite goaltenders since - Brodeur, Lundqvist, Vasilevskiy - nobody's touched it.

Even crazier: the Coyotes didn't even make the playoffs that year. Boucher finished the season 10-19-10.

But for two weeks in January, he was unstoppable.

A random record? Maybe. But in a league where every shot matters, five shutouts in a row is nothing short of absurd.

And unless someone else catches fire for a week straight, it might stay that way for a long time.